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Insert today date and current time in Notion

    You can easily insert the current date and time into your texts. And it works great in combination with the template button!

    You can easily insert the current date and time into your texts. And it works great in combination with the template button

    1. To insert today’s date into the text, start typing @today and press Enter / select from the pop-up list with the mouse
    2. To insert the current time into the text, type @now
    3. You can further click on the result and set the date and time format
    4. @today and @now can be used in any text block and in page titles

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    @now and @today in the template button

    Putting @now and @today in a template button gives you a handy tool for logging your activity. When you click on the button, you will instantly get the current date or time.

    1. Create a Template button.
    2. Click on the To-do list and press Backspace once (it should say Type / for commands.
    3. If you accidentally pressed Backspace 2 times and saw the inscription Empty. Drop blocks here…, then drag an empty block there.
    4. Type @now or @today and select Time when duplicate or Date when duplicate from the menu that appears.
    5. Change the name of the button to something like Add curret time or Add current date. Close the button.
    6. Important. If you want to first write @now / @today outside of the button and then drag it inside, that doesn’t work. So you just get the date at the time of writing
    7. In order for the time to be created below the button when the button is clicked, there must be any block under the button. Even empty — so just click once under the button.
    8. You can also put another structure inside the button, such as a simple table, and type @now or @today in it.